Cross-party MPs urge Reeves to impose 2% tax on wealth above £10m

Move could raise £24bn a year say signatories including Jeremy Corbyn as polls suggest public support

Employment rights bill will cost firms £5bn per year but benefits will justify costs, government says – as it happened

Analysis from business and trade department says bill will significantly strengthen workers’ right

UK interest rates to fall to 2.75% by next autumn, Goldman Sachs predicts

Economists at investment bank say markets are underestimating likely extent of action by Bank of England

Volkswagen fined £5.4m for mistreating customers; UK interest rates ‘to fall to 2.75%’ next year – as it happened

Volkswagen Finance has agreed to pay over £21.5m in redress to around 110,000 customers who may have suffered harm because of its failings.

Rachel Reeves urged to ringfence NHS funding on illness prevention

Exclusive: Health charity and other bodies say carving out new category of spending would save taxpayers money

Debt will overshadow IMF gathering as World Bank boss pleads for poorest countries

In Washington, finance ministers will face pressure for action to reduce their own debt and offer more resources to poorer nations

Degrowth needs to solve its image problem for the sake of the planet

We need to deal with the climate effects of global capitalism the way we deal with inflation – by applying the brakes

Biden’s economic legacy could decide the presidential race in Scranton

The politically split Pennsylvania town shows why the race is so close – and it’s unclear whether the president’s legacy will be enough to carry Harris over the line

Rachel Reeves will tax businesses to plug £9bn black hole in NHS

The chancellor is set to announce a revenue-raising budget designed to reset Britain’s public finances

If you let Google have your data, why not the NHS?

A government with access to personal information could deliver welfare and services much more easily – and could also be a bulwark against the tech giants’ business practices

Macron’s business policies made him ‘president of the rich’. Rachel Reeves, beware

The chancellor rightly wants to stimulate the economy by boosting growth. But she would be unwise to do it at the expense of the poorest, writes Phillip Inman

UK firms in ‘significant financial distress’ hits record levels; Gold rises over $2,700/ounce – as it happened

“Toxic effect of high inflation” is hurting businesses, reports Begbies Traynor

Are you better off than four years ago? Why US voters should – but can’t – say yes

Many are still feeling the pinch of inflation while the fruits of growth disproportionately go to the better off

Treasury installs ‘guard rails’ to avoid Liz Truss-style budget meltdown

Rachel Reeves is to seek advice from City experts to ensure big projects’ value for money and reassure markets

Budget 2024: what taxes could Rachel Reeves raise?

The chancellor is aiming to make £40bn worth of tax rises and spending cuts to fill ‘black hole’ in public finances